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On 15th April 1941 Churchill via Admiral Pound proposed using HMS Barham as a blockship for Tripoli harbour-Stop supplies to Rommel (along with an old Light Cruiser) Admiral Cunningham stated that due to secrecy he would not be able to ask for volunteers, therefore ships would have to be 2/3rds manned & without crews knowing that their ships/lives were to be sacrificed. He stated it would be totally abhorrent to him & would jepordise/if not destroy the confidence of the personnel of the Fleet in the higher command.
Idea dropped.
Book Churchill & the Admirals by Stephen Roskill
Riviting account of the relationship from WW1 & 2.